The Ghost of You

By: DracoPotterMalfoy-JackEnnisDelMar

Rating: R

Pairing: Jack/Ennis

Genre: Angst/Romance

Warning: This story will contain slash (ie. male/male relationships) and some mild- heavy sex scenes.

A/N: Hello all, well this is the first time I wrote under Brokeback Mountain. After I watched the movie I fell in love with the story line, not to mention it was totally hott with Jake and Heath playing Jack and Ennis. Well I kinda thought and wanted to know what happened after Ennis said, "Jack I swear" so this story will kinda pick up where that left off. Well, I hope that you all enjoy this story and please review. Thanks.

"Tragic Endings, New Beginnings"

While Jack was holding Ennis in his arms, trying to help his cowboy get rid of his sadness he began singing a song into Ennis's ear. This song was soothing and loving which came from the depths of his soul and the love from his heart.

"How do I

Get through one night without you

If I had to live without you

What kind of life would that be?

Oh I, I need you in my arms

Need you to hold

Your my world my heart my soul

If you ever leave

Baby you would take away everything good in my Life.

Without you

There'd be no sun in my sky

There would be no love in my life

There would be no world left for me

And I

Baby I don't know what I would do

I'd be lost if I lost you

If you ever leave

Baby you would take away everything real in My life

And tell me now

How do I live without you

I want to know

How do I breathe without you

If you ever go

How do I ever, ever survive?

How do I

How do I

Oh how do I live?...

If you ever leave

Baby you would take away everything

Need you with me

Baby cuz you know your everything good in My life

And tell me now

How do I live without you

I want to know

How do I breathe without you

If you ever go

How do I ever, ever survive?

How do I

How do I

Oh how do I live

How do I live without you

How do I live without you baby...

How do I live..."

After Jack was finished singing the song to the one man that managed to capture him by body and soul, he could feel the strings pulling Ennis back to consciousness. The blond man now was no longer trembling in his embrace but was relaxed with his face in the crook of Jack's neck.

"Hey cowboy," Jack whispered.

"Mhmhm," the blond man mumbled.

"It's jus 'bout time for ya to go back."

"Come with me," Ennis muttered against Jack's skin.

"Don't you worry none, I'll be there wit' ya the whole time," Jack replied tightening his grip on Ennis slightly.

As another tug emitted from Ennis, Jack felt his hold on the man start to sway. Even though Ennis stood there before him, and that he was able to actually wrap his arms around him, his physical self began to fade away. The warmth that came from Ennis soon also stopped radiating off his body once he had fully faded away back to the world and Jack felt cold where the man once stood before him.

Dashing green orbs slowly fluttered open. The man lying on a somewhat soft bed took in his surroundings, white walls, a little bed table with a lamp by it. Off to the side of the bed that he was currently occupying, was a chair with Junior sitting in it. She had already changed out of her wedding dress and into the same cream colored sweatshirt that she left at her father's house a few weeks prior and a pair of jeans. The stunning young woman noticed that her father's eyes had opened up.

"Daddy?" Junior asked.

Junior heard a slight grunt come from the man on the bed.

"How are you fellin'," She asked.

"Like hell," Ennis mumbled.

"Oh Daddy, let me go get you somethin'," Junior said standing up from the chair.

As she made her way to the door she barley heard the whispered "NO" that came from her father. Junior turned around and saw that her father propped himself up a little on the pillows. The light that the young woman saw in those same eyes that reflected her own seemed to be slowly fading, which made her heart clench. Ennis motioned her to come back toward the bed and sit down on the side. When she did so he looked up into her young face and whispered, "There's somethin' that I've been meanin' to tell ya."

"What is it daddy?"

Ennis slowly took in a breath and let it out. "Well I don't really know how to tell ya this, but I would rather me tellin you than you havin ta find out the hard way."

As the two sat there for a few moments in silence, something dawned bright in Junior's mind from when she was younger.


Ennis had taken them back to their old house that they had used to live in when they were younger. Her father and mother had recently filed for a divorce. Junior didn't really know why they were out here but she could tell her father was somewhat nervous about something. Junior felt her younger sister's head fall onto her shoulder meaning that the younger sister had barley fallen asleep. After what felt like an eternity the young girl heard the sound of a truck pulling up close to them, stop and a door open and close. Just then her father stepped out of the truck and closed the door. Off in the little distance she could her father whispering to the man, but what they were saying she had no clue. Just then her father came up to the open window.

"Junior, I want ya to meet Jack," Her father said with an unusual smile plastered onto his face. "And Jack, I would like ya to meet my daughter Junior and that's her sis sleepin."

Junior watched the handsome man with stunning blue eyes shoot her a attractive smile before he said, "Nice ta meet ya."

She watched her father and Jack walk to the back of the truck to finish talking. After a few minutes Junior slipped from her sisters head so she could scoot over to the open window and ask her father how much longer they were going to stay, but before she could look out the window she saw her father with Jack pressed up against the truck kissing him like there was no tomorrow. The young woman felt her mouth drop in shock from the scene that played with the two men. A sudden realization came to her and she now knew why her father and mother were getting a divorce. Deep down she knew that she could never bring up the subject because she didn't want to embarrass her father, she would only talk about it to him, if and only if he brought it up. Her mind told her that for some reason it was wrong, but her heart was telling her something else, 'If it is so wrong, why is it that daddy has looked happier now with him, more than he ever was with her mother.'


"Daddy," Junior said, "Does what you have to tell me have anything to do with that man Jack?"

The woman watched as her father's face suddenly taken over by a surprised expression.

Ennis laid there for a few moments in silence before he spoke out loud, "How did ya know?" He asked her.

Junior sat there and collected her thoughts. "Well do you remember when you and mom first split up?"

Ennis nodded his head.

"Well, when you took us up to our old house, you met a man there, and while you were talking I was about to lean out the window and ask you when we was going to leave but before I made it that far, I looked into the side mirror and saw you with Jack pressed up against the truck kissing like crazy."

Junior watched as her father's cheeks began to turn a different shade of red, "Well I'm sorry that you had ta seen that."

"Daddy, did Jack make you happy," Junior asked.

"More'n anything," He replied, "It was like he completed me."

The young woman suddenly realized that the love her father had for that man was pure, because how could anything so excellent and pure be wrong.

"Oh daddy, I'm sorry about what happened to him. I know now why you have been so depressed lately, all mom told me was that you old fishin' buddy died, but I know now that you really did love him.

Ennis nodded his head from her brief but right on the nail statement. He felt his eyes once again watering up. "I'm sorry that I didn' tell ya sooner but I weren't sure how I was supposed ta do it."

"It's alright daddy, at least I know now," the young woman said.

Pain once again began to seep through the man's body. "Junior there's something that I need to ask you to do."

"What is it?"

"Well, back at my trailer, if you look in my closet, hanging on the door are two shirts. They are from when Jack and I were first on Brokeback, we had gotten in a fight that day and after Jack died, I found them in his parent's house. And at the bottom of the closet at the very back is an urn with some of his ashes. The thing I want ya to do is release both of our ashes up on the mountain. I was going to release his ashes sooner, but I decided to wait so we both could go at the same time." Ennis said.

Juniors eyes filled with tears at the sentimental request from her father, "Of course daddy, I'll release both of them up on the mountain, but what do you want me to do with the shirts?"

"Do what you think is best," He said as another pain shot through his body.

Junior watched as her father fought off the pain that was overcoming his body. "I'll hand them up in my closet," she stated which drew a smile from him. Deep down inside of her she knew that his time was drawing to a close and it just broke her up inside.

As Ennis lay on the bed as the pain began to lessen he felt Jack's presence and a slight touch on his hand. He looked up and saw Jack's form barley there sitting across from his daughter.

"Hey cowboy, it's about time, so you had better say good bye, and tell her thanks for understating us and that I love her to." Jack said.

Junior watched as the same loving smile that seemed to only come out when Jack was around played across her fathers face. "He's here isn't he?" She asked.

Ennis nodded his head, "He wants me to thank you for understanding and that he loves you to."

Junior smiled at her father's statement as she watched yet again her father's face contort in pain. She heard his breath as he came in slower and heavier intakes.

"Junior," Ennis whispered.

"Shhh, its ok daddy," She replied. A tear slid down her face and landed on her father's hand.

"I love ya darlin," He whispered to her.

"I love you to," She said leaning down and hugging him.

Junior felt her father's breath begin to slow down and come less frequently.

As Ennis's vision slowly started to blur he heard Jack distinct voice, "Come on, it's time to go home."

Right as Ennis drew his last breath and let it out, the last words that fell off his lips were, and "I'll always be with you Junior."

Deep down Junior knew as her fathers warm body was slowly loosing his warmth, somewhere out there he would always be warm with Jack; the one person that could really love him and that Ennis himself could love.

A/N: Well I really hope that you all enjoyed that chapter. To tell you the truth I was crying like a sonofabitch when I was writing this chapter. Oh and just in case any of you want to know who the song is from, it's called 'How Do I' and it is performed by Trisha Yearwood. Well like always please leave me a review and tell me what you think, oh and there will be one more chapter, and if i get enough reviews from this chapter then I'll add a reallly spicy but intament sex scene bewteen our two favorite lovers. SO PLEASE REVIEW cuz I really wanna write it. :")